I'm not new to computers, but I am new to OS2. We have a voice mail system that runs on an OS2 Warp4 based computer. The Hardware needs upgrading and I have run into problems. I am installing to a 20GB hard drive (the smallest I could new one I could find). I finally got OS2 to load (had to do it on a 504mb partition). Even though I had loaded the updated drivers from the idedasd.exe file. But I still cannot get the extended partition to format. Fdisk will partition it but format says that it is too big or the starting cylinder is > 1024. Fdisk gives very few options on the partition.
From my reading, this problem is supposed to be solved with the driver update above. I have not installed any FixPacks as I am not really sure what exactly to install. I have seen (in tech documents) references to files named `fp35' or `fp9' but I cannot seem to locate these file names on the IBM site. I have downloaded some named `cs_142' and `cs_144' but they seem to be some kind of installation programs and not FixPacks. I am warry of installing something when I don't know what it is. The computer now has just finished the OS load & config and the GUI is running. C: drive is 504mb and is where the system is installed. D: Drive is partitioned to 19gb and some change but cannot be formatted.
Any Ideas? Thanks,
Deon

Cesar44,
Sorry for the time getting back. I have been working on this project and I am still not able to get past origional partition problem. Your 1st link didn't work but by backing up on the URL, I was able to find the FixPack. It did not, however, allow the rest of the drive to be recognized.
I am trying to start a fresh install on a new harddrive. Everything I read in the instruction files seem to assume that my OS/2 is allready installed on a 4gb (sometimes larger) partition and they tell how to install FixPacks, etc. from that point. Sometimes even from a DOS prompt, but they don't go into how to get the larger partition to be recognized.
I did get it to partition and install on a 504mb partition, as I stated earlier, but could not get any recognition of the rest of the drive. I need more space that 504mb - minus what the OS consumes. I would like to utilize at least a 4gb partition. It could even be a 2nd partition. Help!

I finally got the problem fixed. The answer came from a friend from ages past who happen to email me from the out of the blue. The answer was to do whatever configuring I had to - to get OS/2 to see the drive. Then I could load the OS onto the 500 mb partition. After that I load all fix packs & updated drivers, then use Partition Magic to expand the partition to the desired size.
Cesar44, since you were the only one who even tried to answer, I feel you deserve the points.
Thanks,
Deon

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